Viking Stove

The holidays are upon us finally – which means I have to do Christmas shopping. Not that I care about the holidays much, and I never have. I mean, it’s only two days out of the year, when its all said and done. I never understood everyone's stress around the holidays either. I wait two days before Christmas, and then I do my shopping, though I buy a few people gifts I know they'll like. I could care less about New Years Eve, as I find most of the parties too loud or too crowded for my likes. Strangely, my apathy towards the holidays is shared by a lot of guys my age I've talk to recently on my soccer team. And I never understood the whole stigma over being alone or single over the holidays. Just because Television has jeweler commercials on every 5 minutes depicting some preppy couple ecstatic over a ring, doesn’t mean people have to buy into the idea of spending the holidays with someone. You’re probably wondering why I’m digressing from my usual sports talk, right? Well, look at was has been making the rounds in the office (GS = Goldman Sachs):

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/m4w/513328535.html

The best part is, "...my parents will be in France, and will never find out." Part of me actually hopes this is real. Maybe I can try that approach next year, though the numbers may be a little different. Anyway, went on a date with a girl recently, and she told me Jason Veritek is her favorite player. I felt the vomit begin to pool in the back of my throat, and she asked why my eyes went wide. She then proceeded to state soccer was a dumb sport, and they are not real athletes. Como what??? I actually think she was serious too, and it again reconfirmed why I should never allow my friends who are girls arrange dates for me.

By the way, “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila” is the stupidest show I have ever seen in my life. First of all, who the hell is Tila Tequila? Maybe I’m getting old, but how is she famous? Look at the premise of the show, one D-list celebrity has to pick one person to fall in love with, and she can choose from a pool lesbians or males. I think MTV hired freshmen in high school to write this series.

Is anyone else not interested in the presidential race? I don’t like any of the so called “candidates.” I use that word loosely, because its ultimately the leftwing minded media that dictates who the candidates are. For some reason, Giuliani and Clinton were proclaimed front runners, although each of them is facing serious challenges in the primaries for their respective parties. I love how the candidates never take a position until the media pronounces what the general public thinks about something. For example, Hillary Clinton and the Rutgers Women's basketball team. After Imus was fired, she comes out and says how wrong he was, and how against it she was. Or even more recently, after CNN reports that most Americans would have a problem with Obama’s drug use, the Clinton camp then manages to leak out they somehow have damaging evidence regarding his past. Did anyone notice Giuliani finally announced his Iraq strategy, after a month of remaining silent. The whole thing is so ridiculous, and the actual candidates are so inadequate, its comical. The government should consider increasing the money spent on worker’s salaries, and they might just attract top talent that often lands at software companies or investment bank, instead of these retreads